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While scoring opportunities remain limited, Mark Walton has room to grow within Miami’s offense. Kenyan Drake leaves behind a 51.3-percent (No. 28 among qualified running backs) Opportunity Share and 33 (No. 13) targets. Walton entered the NFL with an 8.9-percent (66th-percentile) College Target Share. He’s seen six targets in two of his last three games, elevating his floor for fantasy purposes.

Looking at efficiency metrics, Tyler Eifert clearly deserves an uptick in playing time. His 14.9-percent Hog Rate ranks ninth among tight ends, and his 50-percent Contested Catch Rate ranks number one. Despite the limited snap rate, he holds a 16.3-percent red zone target share. Once dominant in this area of the field, the Bengals appear willing to turn back the clock and dial up his opportunities.

After passing for 10 touchdowns in three weeks, Kirk Cousins threw for 285 scoreless yards against Washington. Not all hope is lost for him though, because the Vikings play the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 9. This season, Cousins ranks first in Supporting Cast Efficiency (+30.39), True Passer Rating (123.3) and Accuracy Rating (8.1). Look for him to torch Kansas City.

Against all predictions, Dallas Goedert has outscored Zach Ertz in three straight weeks. Goedert is better than Ertz in Production Premium, Target Premium, Dominator Rating, Quarterback Rating when Targeted, Target Accuracy, Fantasy Points Per Route Run and Fantasy Points Per Target.

This was no three-target-and-a-touchdown, typical tight end streaming week. On seven targets, six of which he caught, Jonnu Smith led Tennessee in receiving yards in Week 8. Going forward, the Ryan Tannehill-led Titans will have a trio of three of the most exciting and productive wide receiver and tight end prospects to enter the league in recent history.

Chris Conley has operated in a medium depth role behind D.J. Chark, who is running routes and seeing targets closer to the line of scrimmage. Conley’s +5.3 (No. 31 among qualified wide receivers) Production Premium shows that he is returning value on his targets. If he continues to garner attention from Gardner Minshew, he will show us what an athletic Robert Woods would be able to do.  

Fantasy players that waited out Tevin Coleman’s injury-addled first quarter of the season are being rewarded handsomely. He returned from injury to a monopoly on the valuable touches in this high-octane offense that leads the league with 39.0 run plays per game. Coleman, and Matt Breida if he is able to go, are smash plays against the Cardinals defense on a short week.

Kirk Cousins and his trio of studs have crushed since the public outcry about lack of passing volume, and that success has no sign of slowing down. The Vikings sport the No. 2 Protection Rate in the league per PlayerProfiler.com, and Cousins’ true passer rating through the midpoint of the season is 123.7, best in the league.

Derrius Guice is the gem in the garbage water. Let someone else overpay for a small Dolphin named Mark Walton.

Brian Hill is a better all-around running back than Devonta Freeman. Jamison Crowder is a must-add as Sam Darnold is better than advertised, and the Jets schedule softens dramatically moving forward.

The Broncos trading Emmanuel Sanders to San Francisco has opened the door for DaeSean Hamilton to become a fantasy football factor down the stretch. Despite being a low floor option, with one career game over 50 yards, he’s coming into a massive opportunity spike. Much like he did last year after Sanders went down with a torn Achilles.

With injuries mounting in the Philadelphia backfield, Boston Scott has seen his first work of the season over the last two games. One more injury would thrust him into a two-man committee with either Jordan Howard or Miles Sanders. He has the skill-set to be able to effectively replace either back.

Corey Davis’ skillset was vastly hindered with Marcus Mariota under center. Last week’s fantasy outcome tells us that Davis is now being utilized to his potential, especially in the red-zone where he thrives. On an individual level, His matchup with Vernon Hargreaves bodes well for the breakout performance that gamers have waited for.

It’s incredibly easy to pin the upside of this matchup on Cooper Kupp’s massive opportunity share. However, B.W. Webb’s lack of cover skills from the slot drives this matchup to a top-five projected fantasy outcome. Webb is allowing opposing WRs 14.3 (No. 67) Fantasy Points Allowed Per Game on average, and has just one game where he’s held a WR to under 12 fantasy points.

Marlon Mack has shown a propensity for big plays this season with five (No. 10 among qualified running backs) Breakaway Runs and a 4.2-percent (No. 22) Breakaway Run Rate. He draws a friendly home matchup against the 2-5 Denver Broncos and their 17th ranked defense against opposing running backs.

After Kerryon Johnson went down in Week 7 against the Vikings, it was rookie running back Ty Johnson who took over the workload. He failed to find the end zone but did manage to post 9.7 fantasy points, and is now being talked about as Detroit’s lead back heading into Week 8.

Coming off a brilliant 312-yard, two-score performance, Ryan Tannehill finds himself underpriced at $5,100. On top of the strong counting stats, Tannehill recorded an 81.8-percent True Completion Percentage and a 106.1 True Passer Rating. While the sample remains small, each would rank near the top of the league.

Continually underrated, DraftKings set Allen Robinson’s price absurdly low at $6,000. Robinson remains one of two receivers with at least a 40-percent air yards share and a 25-percent Target Share. He also stands out from an efficiency perspective with a 37.1-percent (No. 9 among qualified wide receivers) Dominator Rating in Chicago’s offense.

Ty Johnson is clearly Detroit’s lead back with an all-purpose skillset and has a plus matchup with the Giants this week. While J.D. McKissic may be a superior pass-catcher, Johnson has shown he can hold his own in that regard with nine catches on 10 targets. At $5200 as a home favorite, he’ll be the chalk in cash games.

Jonnu Smith finally has a chance at unleashing his 127.0 (93rd-percentile) SPARQ-x score. With Delanie Walker out of the picture, Smith’s Snap Share and routes run skyrocketed to season-highs last week. He is another solid punt play at a tight end position that has no real values this week.